Research Article
Epidemiology of Neonatal Sepsis and Implicated Pathogens: A Study from Egypt
Table 1
Age and sex distribution among 344 neonates with suspected sepsis at Mansoura hospitals.
| | Category | value | | Neonates with EOS (≤72 hr) number (%) | Neonates with LOS (>72 hr) number (%) | Total number (%) |
| Total | 152 (44.19) | 192 (55.81) | 344 | | Blood culture results | | | | | Proven sepsis | 49 (32.2) | 91 (47.4) | 140 (40.7) | 0.0063 (<0.05) | Possible sepsis | 103 (67.8) | 101 (52.6) | 204 (59.3) | Sex | | | | | Male | 93 (61.2) | 102 (53.1) | 195 (56.7) | 0.1650 (>0.05) | Female | 59 (38.8) | 90 (46.9) | 149 (43.3) |
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EOS: early-onset sepsis, LOS: late-onset sepsis.
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